Future-wishing, magical fantasies, yet being 'real': Snapshots of student teachers' perceptions during their initial training

Teacher Development

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 3-13

  Barnes, Ann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Modern foreign languages; Student teachers; Teacher education

Indexed keywords

EID: 39049147409     PISSN: 13664530     EISSN: 17475120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13664530701827715     Document Type: Article

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